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Mark Evans is a professional Rugby Union player who plays for Moseley Rugby Football Club. Currently Mark plays for Old Halesownians in National League 3. He has also represented the North Midlands, and in 2008 was selected for the England Counties squad to tour North America. When he is not playing he is a teacher at King Edwards Five Ways Secondary School.
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Coventry Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Coventry, England. The club enjoyed great success during the 1960s and 70s, with many players representing their countries. Coventry's home ground is the Butts Park Arena, which opened in 2004. Between 1921 and 2004, the club played at Coundon Road. The club have recently been promoted into the RFU Championship following their promotion from the 2017–18 National League 1.
Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club is an English rugby union club, based in Birmingham, that compete in the third tier of English rugby. They were historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They originally played at the Reddings, but after attempting to keep up with the transition to professional rugby, the club ran into financial difficulties and were forced to sell their 125-year home to property developers. An unsuccessful five-year spell based at the University of Birmingham followed, during which time they were relegated to National Division Two. In 2005 the club moved to its new home at Billesley Common, and were promoted to National Division One in 2006. In 2009 they won their first cup in 27 years beating Leeds 23–18 in the final of the National Trophy at Twickenham. On the weekend starting 15 April 2016; defeat to Bristol, combined with results elsewhere during the same weekend, confirmed Moseley's relegation to National League 1 for the 2016-17 season.
Birmingham and Solihull Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club representing Birmingham and Solihull which was formed in 1989 by a merger of the original Birmingham and Solihull rugby clubs, which were both established over 60 years ago. They currently play in the Birmingham Merit Leagues, having dropped out of Midlands Premier following their relegation from National League 2 South at the end of the 2018-19 season, becoming an amateur club.
Jack Adams is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing for Chinnor RFC. He plays at centre.
Martin Cooper was an England international rugby union player who won 11 caps between 1973 and 1977. A versatile player, he played International rugby at flyhalf and centre and first class rugby at full back and wing where he scored a try against the All Blacks at Moseley for the Midlands Counties West when they defeated them. His only international try was scored against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in a Guinness Book of Records record low scoring game, his being the only score in a 4-0 victory.
Moseley Wanderers represented Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics at rugby union. They played one game, losing 27–8 to France, winning the Silver medal.
Alex Grove is a former Scottish rugby union player.
Simon Hunt is an English rugby union footballer and Director of Rugby for Old Bristolians having most recently played for Dings Crusaders. Simon has played club rugby in England, France and Wales and is known as a prolific try scorer who can also point kick. He also has international pedigree, having played at youth level for England as well as being centrally contracted to the England Sevens squad for the 2011-2012 IRB Sevens World Series. Outside of rugby Simon holds 87th fastest time for a 2000m indoor row. He is now working as a PE teacher.
James Frederick Byrne was a sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.
National League 1,, is the third level of domestic rugby union competition in England. It was known as Courage League National Division Three when founded in 1987. This is the lowest level of the English rugby union league system which is nationwide. The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one promotion place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to the Greene King IPA Championship and the bottom three teams are relegated to either National League 2 North or National League 2 South depending on the geographical location of the team.
Tristan Roberts is a rugby union who currently plays for Esher in National League 1, having previously been at US Cognac and Ealing Trailfinders. He has represented both the England Students and the England Counties XV and during his rugby career has progressed from playing in the fourth tier with Cinderford to playing in the Premiership with London Welsh. Tristan has played much of his career at fly-half and has a reputation as a very reliable points kicker who is also excellent at drop kicks.
Midlands 2 West (North) is a level 7 English Rugby Union league and level 2 of the Midlands League, made up of clubs from the northern part of the West Midlands region including Shropshire, Staffordshire, parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands and occasionally Cheshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
England Counties XV is a representative rugby union team, formed in 2002, that is open to English players who play in the County Championship and the third tier of the English rugby union system. Players from the Premiership and RFU Championship are ineligible.
Cory Hill is a Wales international rugby union player.
James Rodwell is an English professional rugby sevens player who was part of the national squad from 2008 to 2019. He ended his career with records as the Worlds most capped sevens player, having played in the most consecutive tournaments (69) and most tournaments (93) in the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Drew Cheshire is an English professional rugby union player who plays for Moseley. A product of Gloucester academy. He signed his first professional contract with Moseley who compete in the RFU Championship. Prior to joining Moseley, Drew spent a number of seasons with Luctonians experiencing first team rugby in both National League 3 Midlands and National League 2 North.
Kierran Moseley is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played for the Gold Coast Titans and Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He plays at hooker.
Richard Vasey is an English rugby union player, currently playing at Fly-half for Caldy in National League 2 North. A talented player who has experience of playing at a higher level with clubs such as Leeds Carnegie and Moseley, Vasey is a reliable points kicker who has become one of the most prolific in National League 2 North history with over 1,400 points for Caldy. He has also been capped by England Students.
Stephen John Moore is a former Wales international rugby union player. Born in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, Moore moved to Wrexham in Wales aged seven.
Ryan Clifton Alexander de la Harpe is a former Namibian rugby union player who played as a scrum-half represented Namibia internationally from 2011 to 2014 and currently serves as a coach for Vagabonds' club. Ryan de la Harpe is regarded as one of the finest scrum-halves to have played for Namibia.